Szymon Szymanski is an engineering manager and AI-savvy leader with over a decade of software experience and six years in leadership, currently scaling engineering at ShiftKey while consulting on AI/ML and org design. He rose from full‑stack and PHP roots to lead business lines and an AI portfolio, transforming a 15-person service into an 85+ headcount revenue-generating unit with <2% turnover and a Fortune 100 client. Known for servant leadership, radical candor and extreme ownership, he bridges business and tech to deliver pragmatic, data-oriented solutions and cloud-first transformations. He has hands-on experience designing systems for fintech and logistics at scale, plus a track record of elevating software quality, hiring practices and competency frameworks. Beyond corporate roles, he helps large engineering organizations implement AI initiatives and improve delivery practices as an independent consultant. Based in Zabrze, Poland, he combines entrepreneurial mentality with operational rigor to turn complex challenges into repeatable business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Software Engineering, Engineer's degree Computer Software Engineering at The Silesian University of Technology
Contributions:3 releases, 20 commits, 16 PRs in 10 days
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Szymon Szymanski - Engineering Manager at Self-employed